Full Description
This wellness plan for today's busy teachers has been custom crafted by an educator and a nurse who knows the daily, weekly, and yearly stresses of the academic calendar.This generously illustrated volume offers a five-step programme to a healthy lifestyle covering (1) identifying schools as a culture of stress; (2) restructuring personal and teaching priorities for a healthy lifestyle; (3) mastering the science of stress management for better health; (4) arresting time bandits at home and at school; and (5) using nutrition to support a healthy lifestyle. Special features include "21 planning techniques to prevent classroom stress"; "saying NO with a smile"; dealing with perfectionism and procrastination; physical activities like Yoga, Pilates, Karate/Kick Boxing, Tai Chi Chuan, QiGong; and more!
Contents
Foreword - Donald Schumacher, M.D.Preface and AcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorsSTEP ONE: Identifying Schools as a Culture of StressSchool Culture and StressTeacher Stress and the Immune SystemTeaching and Personalizing StressManaging School StressorsTwenty-One Planning Techniques to Prevent Classroom StressSTEP TWO: Restructuring Personal and Teaching Priorities for a Healthy LifestyleWhy Manage Priorities?Analyzing Your Priorities: Problem Analysis IA Mirror Image of SelfYour Mirror Image of Self: Problem Analysis IIManaging Your Personal and Teaching PrioritiesSTEP THREE: Mastering the Science of Stress Management for Better HealthManaging Your StressStress Is a Reaction to ChangeStress and TemperamentReducing Stress LevelsPersonal Coping StrategiesThe Benefits of Physical StressDesktop YogaPhysical Activities with a Different TwistImmediate Stress ReducersSTEP FOUR: Arresting Time Bandits at Home and at SchoolThe Three Major Time BanditsPerfectionismProcrastinationInability to Say NOPersonal and Professional Time Management STEP FIVE: Using Nutrition to Support a Healthy LifestyleNutrition Affects Teachers' HealthMaking Good ChoicesNutrition, Stress, and ExerciseImportant Numbers to KnowBibliographyResources
